Sunday Preview

Please come to worship this Sunday prepared. It promises to be a great time in worship. As you prepare, consider what God wants to say to you. We will celebrate baptism of two of our young people, singing praises and hearing a word from our student pastor, Todd.

We will be singing songs of praise and testimony including: Victory in Jesus, I Will Boast, All Praise and Honor, and God of the Ages.

SINGERS! I will be announcing plans for a summer choir project open to all students and adults. We will meet weekly (day to be determined) and prepare a concert of modern hymns and songs of testimony to be presented in worship at the end of the summer.

Also, we are gearing up for some surprises as we move past the summer and into the fall. These directly impact how we train up our children in worship and praise. Please be prayerful about these coming announcements.

Looking forward to Sunday!
Kevin

Sunday Preview

I was so moved by the congregational praise last week - you all sounded wonderful in your praise! And this coming Sunday @ FBCHS is going to be GREAT! I am excited that Elliott will be returning to the piano after several weeks out.

Here is a preview of what we will sing together:

"Release Your Power"
"Blessed Be Your Name"
"You Never Let Go"
"Call Upon the Name of the LORD"
"Amazing Grace (My Chains are Gone)"

These are some great songs of testimony! Pastor Phil will be continuing his series "Dangerous Church" and from some points he shared with me yesterday, this is going to be some great and challenging teaching. Please come to worship prayerful and expectant about what God wants to do in your life and the lives of all who will gather.

ALSO... SUNDAY IS TIME-CHANGE SUNDAY..."Spring forward" an hour...sorry, Randy, this means we lose an hour's sleep! See you guys for Bible Study @ 9:30 and Worship @ 10:45!

Opportunities in Worship @ FBCHS

Dear Church family,

I am so excited about this new year in praise and worship at FBCHS! I believe it will be one of the best we have experienced in learning more about Him and more about each other, and in proclaming BOLDLY the Good News that JESUS SAVES!

I want to make you aware of some real opportunities that we have for service in the Music and Worship Ministry. Would you please make these a matter of prayer and action...pray, ask, invite, talk about until we see something happen!

We need musicians for the band! We have some great talent and some great commitment, but we need to provide backup and bring up new warriors in the ranks as well. Specifically, we need rhythm guitar, electric guitar, and bass.

We also need sound and video support. We need teachable people to step up and assist in meeting the sound needs for worship but also to man the computer which feeds the words to the screens during the service - we all know how vital this can be to our singing praise!

Will you pray about these? If so, send me an email to kevin.bragg@fbchollysprings.com and let me know that you hear the plea and are willing to take it to the Father on behalf of His church called FBCHS. No obligation other than to let me know that you are praying.

I love you and can't wait to sing praises with you on Sunday!

Kevin Bragg

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Let the New Year ...and the PRAISES...RING!

Christmas 2009 was great, as was the entire year at FBCHS. While we planned for our 40 Days of Purpose, we certainly did not plan for the renovations to the facilities. However, both were good things in the life of the church.

But I noticed something on December 27 and even last Sunday, January 3. As much as I loved singing the traditional songs of the birth of Jesus, I really missed being filled and fed by songs praise for Who He is, what has done, and what He is doing. It did my heart good to sing great songs of testimony as we sang some favorite hymns on Dec. 27 (something we will do again) and my heart jumped as we sang that its "All because of Jesus I'm alive...It's all because the blood of Jesus Christ."

I am excited about worship on Sunday. After the holidays and much sickness, I look forward to more band members being in their place and I look forward to worshipers braving the cold to gather...on purpose, for a purpose...to worship our great God.

I pray that we all come EXPECTING to meet with God and with His children! See you Sunday!

Kevin